1- Westward Expansion
The philosophy that America should expand its borders, spreading democracy and prosperity across North America
Manifest Destiny
Robber Barons
Outlawed monopolies and practices that restrained trade, such as price fixing.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
After the Spanish-American War, the United States becomes a ______________________.
World Power
What do these 3 things have in common?
Espionage Act of 1917
Sedition Act of 1918
Schenck vs. United States
They all limited citizens freedom of speech
-1st amendment rights
The act of Native Americans adopting white culture
-->learning English
-->cutting hair/ditching old tribal clothes
-->boarding schools for children
-->becoming farmers/ranchers
assimiliation
What is the policy that says the government should not interfere with the nation's economy?
laissez-faire
The progressive era was all about _________ reform.
social
Supporters of _________________ argued that nations competed with each other politically, economically, and through militaries (only strongest would survive)
Social Darwinism
What event shifted the United States neutrality to support for the Allied Powers in WW1?
the sinking of the Lusitania
This provided any adult citizen, or intended citizen of the US with 160 acres of government land, if they settled and improved this land.
Homestead Act
This event took place after an employer cut wages without cutting housing costs. It led to trains not running for 2 months, as well as stopping the mail.
Pullman Strike of 1894
Why did voter turnout increase between 1916 and 1920?
the 19th amendment was passed
Women can now vote!!! Women's suffrage
suffrage= the right to vote
The __________________ was an attempt by Chinese revolutionaries to remove foreign influence from China.
Boxer Rebellion
Why did Russia end up receding from WW1?
They got involved in their own civil war.
This was passed to speed up assimilation, it replaced the reservation system with an allotment system.
Dawes Act
Andrew Carnegie-
Cornelius Vanderbilt-
John D. Rockefeller-
JP Morgan-
Steel
Railroads
Oil
Banking/investment
What impact did muckrakers such as Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis have on the federal government AND why?
Theodore Roosevelt's volunteer calvary known as the ______________ (2) helped make him look like a ____________________ (3). Then the Spanish-American War ended when the ________________________ (3) was signed.
Rough Riders
Brave War Hero
Treaty of Paris
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The letter that Germany sent to Mexico trying to get them to be allies with them during WW1 and to help them go against the US--
Germany promised to give Mexico the states of Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico
fill in the blank...
DEMANDS OF THE POPULIST PARTY
-Direct Election of Senators
-Secret Ballots when voting
-Regulation of Railroads
-_____________________
Congress passed the ________ to ensure Native-born American jobs didn't go to ________ immigrants. This act banned entry to all ____________ except students, merchants, tourists, and government officials.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese
Chinese
What helped Woodrow Wilson win the 1912 election? Explain
A split in the Republican Party
William Howard Taft and Teddy Roosevelt were both originally running as Republican. T. Roosevelt decided to go off and run as a 3rd party candidate (Progressive- Bull Moose Party) and once the votes were split it helped W. Wilson (Democrat) win the election
When speaking of presidential diplomacies when it comes to imperialism.... fill in the blank and explain each.
Roosevelt-_____________________... which is an extension of the _____________...which now allowed the U.S. to use military force in Latin American nations.
Taft-_____________________
Wilson-_____________________
Roosevelt- BIG STICK DIPLOMACY / MONROE DOCTRINE (military force... )
Taft- DOLLAR DIPLOMACY (money... U.S. gave loans to other countries)
Wilson- MORAL DIPLOMACY (U.S. has moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government that is undemocratic)
What best represents the United State's policy of isolationism AFTER WW1?
Refusing to join the League of Nations